Lonely Planet Australia covers this vast country from Sydney to the Outback.

Govett's Leap Falls in the Blue Mountains outside of Sydney. The Blue Mountains National Park is easy to reach by train or car, and makes a great day trip from Sydney.

It takes about half an hour to reach Manly by ferryboat from central Sydney. The ferryboats offer spectacular views of Sydney Harbour, the Opera House, and the Harbour Bridge.

Kangaroos forage for food and beg for handouts at a campground in the Snowy Mountains.

The National Gallery of Australia, along the shores of Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra, the nation's capital.

A woman herds her sheep along a deserted highway in South Australia.

Wilpena Pound, a natural enclosure surrounded by the mountains of the Flinders Range.

Two emus wandering the desert outside of Wilpena Pound.

A vintage trolley runs from central Adelaide to the beach at Glenelg.

Aboriginal paintings cover the walls of this cave at Arkaroo Rock, in South Australia.

The Giant Koala Bear, a popular roadside attraction at Dadswell Bridge in Victoria.

The Olgas, a series of rounded, dome-like mountains in Northern Territory, known as Kata Tjuta in the Aboriginal language.

The sun rises over Kings Canyon.